Police are now enforcing a zero-tolerance policy near Mont Pleasant Middle School in an attempt to get students to behave. After dismissal, roving groups of students have gotten into fights, thrown rocks at cars and houses and in one case kicked in a window and broke into a house to attack the occupant. Until now, police have simply sent students on their way, citing department policy of not arresting 12-year-olds for minor crimes. Now that ...

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This is what Political Correctness and Liberalism causes. I got in trouble with another kid in 6th grade, the teacher took a yard stick and smacked us both pretty hard and we sat down and quit fooling around. I never fooled around in class again. The other kids father called my grandfather and complained that the teacher hit us and wanted my grandfather to complain at the school with him. My grandfather said no and proceeded to get a switch off the lilac tree to spank my butt again. BTW, the other kid, his name is Terry, he is confined to Attica State Prison, doing twenty to life.

Need to commend police department's measured response, as well as its straightforward communication about its juvenile offender policies. Great effort. Thank you.

At one time, Forest Road's two schools, Pleasant Valley, and Mont Pleasant High could have served as back drop for the movie BLACKBOARD JUNGLE. We had ethnic diversity, rival gangs, under and overachievers, shave tail and d.a. hair cuts, Lucky Strikes packs rolled up in t-shirt sleeves, poodle skirts and crinolines. Not everyone got along. Some of us made out quite well. Some didn't. Why? Its not my place to say.